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Steven R. Houser

Steven R. Houser

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
25511
World Ranking
11025
National Ranking
5676

Overview

Steven R. Houser is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and specializes primarily in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses notably on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, with extensive work also in Molecular Biology, Surgery, Oncology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Steven R. Houser has contributed numerous papers to leading scientific journals. Some of the recent publications include:

  • HDAC Inhibition Reverses Preexisting Diastolic Dysfunction and Blocks Covert Extracellular Matrix Remodeling, 2021, Circulation
  • HDAC inhibition improves cardiopulmonary function in a feline model of diastolic dysfunction, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • RNA-Binding Protein LIN28a Regulates New Myocyte Formation in the Heart Through Long Noncoding RNA-H19, 2022, Circulation
  • Interaction of the Joining Region in Junctophilin-2 With the L-Type Ca 2+ Channel Is Pivotal for Cardiac Dyad Assembly and Intracellular Ca 2+ Dynamics, 2020, Circulation Research
  • Junctophilin-2 tethers T-tubules and recruits functional L-type calcium channels to lipid rafts in adult cardiomyocytes, 2020, Cardiovascular Research

The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation
  • Circulation Research
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • JACC Basic to Translational Science

Frequent collaborators in Steven R. Houser's research network comprise Remus M. Berretta, Jaslyn Johnson, Deborah Eaton, Sadia Mohsin, and Yijun Yang. These coauthors appear repeatedly across a broad range of publications and topics.

Best Publications

  • Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Promote Endogenous Repair Mechanisms and Enhance Cardiac Function Following Myocardial Infarction

    Mohsin Khan;Emily Nickoloff;Tatiana Abramova;Jennifer Johnson

  • A peptide encoded by a transcript annotated as long noncoding RNA enhances SERCA activity in muscle

    Benjamin R. Nelson;Catherine A. Makarewich;Douglas M. Anderson;Benjamin R. Winders

  • What Mechanisms Underlie Diastolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure

    David A. Kass;Jean G.F. Bronzwaer;Walter J. Paulus

  • Cellular Basis of Abnormal Calcium Transients of Failing Human Ventricular Myocytes

    Valentino Piacentino;Christopher R. Weber;Xiongwen Chen;Jutta Weisser-Thomas

  • Myocyte Recovery After Mechanical Circulatory Support in Humans With End-Stage Heart Failure

    Konstantina Dipla;Julian A. Mattiello;Valluvan Jeevanandam;Steven R. Houser

  • Abnormalities of Calcium Cycling in the Hypertrophied and Failing Heart

    Steven R Houser;Valentino Piacentino;Jutta Weisser

  • Ca2+- and mitochondrial-dependent cardiomyocyte necrosis as a primary mediator of heart failure

    Hiroyuki Nakayama;Xiongwen Chen;Christopher P. Baines;Raisa Klevitsky

  • Animal Models of Heart Failure A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Steven R. Houser;Kenneth B. Margulies;Anne M. Murphy;Francis G. Spinale

  • Regression of Cellular Hypertrophy After Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

    Andreas Zafeiridis;Valluvan Jeevanandam;Steven R. Houser;Kenneth B. Margulies

  • Cardiomyocyte regeneration: A consensus statement

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Roberto Bolli;Thomas Braun;Loren J. Field

  • The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Matches Energetic Supply with Cardiac Workload during Stress and Modulates Permeability Transition

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Ancai Yuan;Xueqian Zhang

  • The mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is essential for Ca2+ homeostasis and viability.

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Polina Gross;Mary Nwokedi

  • Bone marrow cells adopt the cardiomyogenic fate in vivo

    Marcello Rota;Jan Kajstura;Toru Hosoda;Claudia Bearzi

  • Rate Dependence of [Na+]i and Contractility in Nonfailing and Failing Human Myocardium

    Burkert Pieske;Lars S. Maier;Valentino Piacentino;Jutta Weisser

  • Circular RNA CircFndc3b modulates cardiac repair after myocardial infarction via FUS/VEGF-A axis

    Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati;Suresh Kumar Verma;Zhongjian Cheng;Dongming Liang

  • L-Type Ca2+ Channel Density and Regulation Are Altered in Failing Human Ventricular Myocytes and Recover After Support With Mechanical Assist Devices

    Xiongwen Chen;Valentino Piacentino;Satoshi Furukawa;Bruce Goldman

  • Is Depressed Myocyte Contractility Centrally Involved in Heart Failure

    Steven R. Houser;Kenneth B. Margulies

  • Ca2+ Influx–Induced Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Overload Causes Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptosis in Ventricular Myocytes

    Xiongwen Chen;Xiaoying Zhang;Hajime Kubo;David M. Harris

  • Pim-1 regulates cardiomyocyte survival downstream of Akt

    John A Muraski;Marcello Rota;Yu Misao;Jenna Fransioli

  • cardiomyocyte necrosis as a primary mediator of heart failure

    Hiroyuki Nakayama;Xiongwen Chen;Christopher P. Baines;Raisa Klevitsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Walter J. Koch
Walter J. Koch Temple University
Kenneth B. Margulies
Kenneth B. Margulies University of Pennsylvania
Erhe Gao
Erhe Gao Temple University
Muniswamy Madesh
Muniswamy Madesh The University of Texas at Austin
Donald M. Bers
Donald M. Bers University of California, Davis
John W. Elrod
John W. Elrod Temple University
Jan Kajstura
Jan Kajstura Brigham and Women's Hospital
Annarosa Leri
Annarosa Leri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mark A. Sussman
Mark A. Sussman San Diego State University

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